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The safety of appearing at the day of judgement, in the righteousness of Christ
The safety of appearing at the day of judgement, in the righteousness of Christ: opened and applied. By Solomon Stoddard Pastor to the church of North-Hampton in New-England. ; [Nine lines from Philippians]The safety of appearing at the day of judgement, in the righteousness of Christ: opened and applied. By Solomon Stoddard Pastor to the church of North-Hampton in New-England. ; [Nine lines from Phillipians]
Boston: printed by Samuel Green for Samuel Phillips, 1687
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The Safety of Appearing in the Righteousness of Jesus Christ. › Chapter 6: CHAP. VI▪
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1. Natural reason cannot apprehend that God can find in his heart to save sinners on the account of Christs righteousness: when men come to be enlightened, and have a sense of the guilt of sin, and wrath of God, it will not eater into them, that God can be free to forgive them, and save them on the account of Christs blood; they are strangers unto the merciful nature of God: and hence are seeking to get some worthiness of their own, to pacify God with: and can't conceive that God is willing to pardon them, who are so unworthy; except they were somewhat better: they think they must have something to commend them to God: they think it would be madness for them as bad as they are to venture on Christs blood. 1 Cor. 1.18. the preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness: they have strange and low thoughts of the mercy of God, Isa. 55.8.
1. Natural reason cannot apprehend that God can find in his heart to save sinners on the account of Christs righteousness: when men come to be enlightned, and have a sence of the guilt of sin, and wrath of God, it will not eater into them, that God can be free to forgive them, and save them on the account of Christs blood; they are strangers unto the merciful nature of God: and hence are seeking to get some worthiness of their own, to pacifie God with: and can't conceive that God is willing to pardon them, who are so unworthy; except they were somwhat better: they think they must have something to commend them to God: they think it would be madness for them as bad as they are to venture on Christs bloud. 1 Cor. 1.18. the preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness: they have strange and low thoughts of the mercy of God, Isa. 55.8.
2. Natural reason will not make men believe Gods testimony; natural reason will not beget faith: natural men are in Scripture described to be unbelievers,